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(NoMogieL) J. B. DEEDS.

WIGK ADJUSTER AND TRIMMER FOR LAMPS.

No. 283,217. Patented Aug. 14, 1883.

llllll iIiHmIII "JOHN B. DEEDS, OF

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

rnnnn n'Aurn, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR onoNF-nALr TO WILLIAM MAoK, or sAMErLAoE.

WYI'CK A DJl JST ER ANP TRIMMER FOR LAMPS.

SIECIFICATIN-formingpart of Letters Patent No. 283,217, dated August 14,188 3.

Application filed June 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: M Be it known that I, JOHN B. DEEDs, ofTerre Haute, in the county of Vigo and State of Indiana, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in a Combined WVick Adjuster andTrimmer for Lamps; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

This invention has relation to that class of devices known as wickadjusters and trim- 'mers for lamps, lanterns, and miners lamps,

having for its object to combine the two articles in one, whereby thewick can be readily adjusted to any height and trimmed by themanipulation of one and the same device, and

also having as an object to cheapen the cost of manufacture of the same.e

To this end the invention consists in the construction and form of saiddevice'or tool, I

of which a more enlarged description will be hereinafter given;

.. gagement of the wick therein is effected.

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Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the combined trimmer andadjuster'proper; and Fig. 4 is a top or plan view of a lamp, showing indotted lines how by twisting the device it is made to pass back andforth over the wick to thus trim it.

Reference being had to the letters 'marked thereon, A represents a lamp,and B the burner or wick-holding tube, having in one or both sidesthereof vertically-elongated slots a.

'1) indicates the wick, and O the device proper by which it isadjustedin the tube to any required height for burning.

c 0 represent spring-clips by which the lamp is secured within alantern, and d the usual circumferential flange through which and asmall guide, 0, at the top, is held and turns thelifter or adjuster.

This compound instrument or device is formed of a single piece of wireor metal, f, which is bent at about its middle portion to an angle, asat a, and bent slightly oblique, as at a, and again to an angle, givinga straight or nearly horizontal portion, having projecting outward fromthe side thereof teeth or points '6, for engaging the wick, and it isthen bentupward and around, thus terminating in a crooked or curvilinearportion, Z, (or other suitableform) by which, I

has vertical slots in its sides, as explained.

WVhen the wick is to be raised, the device is turned o r twisted tobring the teeth within the slots, thus entering the wick, and bypushmgupward it can be elevated as high as the length of the slots willpermit, and by turning it outward it is disconnected with the wick. Whenthe wick needs scraping or trimming, by the operation of twisting backand forth, as before mentioned, it is relieved of its charred or burntportion.

It will be noticed that should the wick "be raised too high, it can bebrought down and be adjusted to any height; and it will also be observedthat a novel and effective arrangement is thus obtained, whichrenders-the same uncumbersome, simple, and cheap in cost of manufacture.

"Only one point or tooth on the device, as well as one slot in the tube,might be employed, but for raising the wick evenly I prefertheconstruction shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, what I juster and trimmer, formed.of a single piece my ownI affix my signature in presence of two of metalbent in the form and manner de- Witnesses.

scribed, andhaving outwardly-proj eeting teeth 1 for engaging the Wick,and terminating in the 5 crooked portion for trimming the Wick, sub

stantially in the manner set forth. v

In testimony that I elaimthe foregoing as JOHN B. DEEDS.

Witnessesk B. F. MoRsnLL, EDWARD E. ELLIs.

